The magic angle effect in musculoskeletal MR imaging

Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 51-56

  Hayes, Curtis W ^a   Antoni Parellada, J ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Magic angle effect; Musculoskeletal imaging

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN FIBRIL;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICULAR CARTILAGE; ARTIFACT; DIPOLE; HUMAN; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROTATOR CUFF RUPTURE; TENDON;

EID: 9044245303     PISSN: 08993459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002142-199602000-00006     Document Type: Review

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